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>> in georgia right now and florida, rain across florida could be heavy at times as this front comes through. hits tampa here in the next hour or so. jacksonville seeing some rain. orlando, you're next, you'll see some rainfall as well. this is important because study shows that one inch of rainfall will actually decrease voter turnout by 1%. and general, foul weather, which rain would be a part of that, helps the republicans by about 2.5%. other areas, wisconsin, a mixture of rain and snow. shouldn't be too bad. rest of the country doesn't look terribly awful. we are watching this storm that will come out of florida today and head up the eastern seaboard. this is the nor'easter that we've been fearing, and there are coastal flood watches and highway watches posted now, potential for seeing some snow as well. there's some cold air with this. obviously some wind. models trending a little bit further to the east. that would be good. the further east, we'll keep you posted. impacts beginning tomorrow about midday, zoraida. back to you. >> insult to injury. we keep on saying. thank you s
>> in georgia right now and florida, rain across florida could be heavy at times as this front comes through. hits tampa here in the next hour or so. jacksonville seeing some rain. orlando, you're next, you'll see some rainfall as well. this is important because study shows that one inch of rainfall will actually decrease voter turnout by 1%. and general, foul weather, which rain would be a part of that, helps the republicans by about 2.5%. other areas, wisconsin, a mixture of rain and...
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go ahead and say that the gop, that the florida gop, that's their mission. it's not. and it's easy to pin that on us when that's what you're saying. >> i have asked republicans across the country give me one example of trying to expand the right to vote or access to the ballot across the country. i have yet to hear them give me one example. 50 states. >> saving money, what does that have to do with suppressing black voters or minority voters? saving money, that's for everyone. >> but you talk about an election where you want more people voting, then you can say we know it's every four years, you set money aside. >> what about the third party voting? when you go to a mall or somewhere that's not a specific polling place to register and it takes now -- now with rick scott, what the governor did, it takes 48 hours. it's before you could sit on these papers for a very long time -- >> and that particular law caused -- and rock the vote and that also was an effort, again, to -- >> that was very biased. >> wow. rock the vote is biased, are they biased? okay, just checking. >
go ahead and say that the gop, that the florida gop, that's their mission. it's not. and it's easy to pin that on us when that's what you're saying. >> i have asked republicans across the country give me one example of trying to expand the right to vote or access to the ballot across the country. i have yet to hear them give me one example. 50 states. >> saving money, what does that have to do with suppressing black voters or minority voters? saving money, that's for everyone....
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the election is finally over and now we have a winner in florida. cnn projects that president obama won the sunshine state and its 29 electoral votes. vote totals were updated just before today's noon deadline. it increases president obama's electoral vote total 332. 270 are needed to win the white house. >>> new details in the surprise resignation of david petraeus because of an affair. u.s. official says the affair came to light because of an e-mail investigation by the fbi sparked by a complaint of harassing e-mails alleged willie sent by petraeus' biographer. she spent months in afghanistan interviewing petraeus for the book. >>> to the recovery in superstorm sandy, nearly two weeks after the storm, frustration is boiling over. >> can't get lights on for my kids. i can't get power, heat, garbage pickup? >> more than 280,000 people across the region are still without power. nj will ew jersey's governor ch christie expects power to be back statewide by tonight. he says life will be back for most of new jersey come sunday. >>> top-ranked alabama lo
the election is finally over and now we have a winner in florida. cnn projects that president obama won the sunshine state and its 29 electoral votes. vote totals were updated just before today's noon deadline. it increases president obama's electoral vote total 332. 270 are needed to win the white house. >>> new details in the surprise resignation of david petraeus because of an affair. u.s. official says the affair came to light because of an e-mail investigation by the fbi sparked...
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there's a reason orlando, florida has a hundred -- the university of central florida changes the curriculum every semester to put people into jobs that are opening. there's a reason san diego, california is the human genome capital of the world. same deal, public, private, foundations, people working together. ever since the tea party took over the republican party -- >> boo! >> ever since the tea party took over the republican party, they say it's my way or the highway, we're right all the time. they've beat the distinguished republican senator from indiana, richard luger, their most important foreign policy spokesperson because he was attacked by his opponent for cooperating with president obama on national security. they're nominee actually said, i couldn't make this up, that his happiest day was when he was imposing his opinion on someone else and he wanted the people to send him to washington, so that he could have more partisanship in washington, d.c. now if you want it, you can have it. the people of indiana don't want it, congressman joe donnelly his opponent was ahead by 11 points
there's a reason orlando, florida has a hundred -- the university of central florida changes the curriculum every semester to put people into jobs that are opening. there's a reason san diego, california is the human genome capital of the world. same deal, public, private, foundations, people working together. ever since the tea party took over the republican party -- >> boo! >> ever since the tea party took over the republican party, they say it's my way or the highway, we're right...
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i'm from florida. when you're in a post devastation period, what you want to do is see the feds, state, local officials working together, getting your issues solved. and that's what they did. we've had a couple of big changes in this election. first debate, stopped obama's momentum. second game changer was sandy. it ended up being our october surprise. >> what about the confusion? you heard a few minutes ago about a new polling station and how that's a school and that's also a place where they're putting people up and also going to be polling stations. does that ultimately potentially hurt the election? >> you're dealing with states, new york, new jersey, connecticut, the ones that were the hardest hit which are not up for grabs. >> the u.s. senate. >> it could affect the senate race in connecticut. really, these are states where president obama should be able to win with a large margin. one state where the media market bleeds into is pennsylvania. so much in new jersey was hit by the hurricane. the pr
i'm from florida. when you're in a post devastation period, what you want to do is see the feds, state, local officials working together, getting your issues solved. and that's what they did. we've had a couple of big changes in this election. first debate, stopped obama's momentum. second game changer was sandy. it ended up being our october surprise. >> what about the confusion? you heard a few minutes ago about a new polling station and how that's a school and that's also a place where...
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be as efficient as my state and 16 other states who provide care at about the third of the cost of florida and fourth of the cost of new york. we need to rationalize the system across the country and go to those states that are wasting a bumpbl of money and make them more efficient providers. we need to negotiate the prescription drug prices saving a quarter of a trillion dollars and you know, we need to reign in these private health insurance plans that are living off medicare. those are real changes. >> all right. let me ask you this though. you said there is no cliff. cbo says there's a cliff. it doesn't all hit on day one. but the fact of this country and you guys in washington not being able to get a deal done just the atmosphere, the frustration and the fear that could create, how can you say that's not a cliff? >> well, a lot of hysteria out there, but again, the fact is only the social security tax holiday goes away. the withholding tables don't change. no one's taxes go up in january. the cuts through sequestration don't go into effect immediately and i would hope congress would m
be as efficient as my state and 16 other states who provide care at about the third of the cost of florida and fourth of the cost of new york. we need to rationalize the system across the country and go to those states that are wasting a bumpbl of money and make them more efficient providers. we need to negotiate the prescription drug prices saving a quarter of a trillion dollars and you know, we need to reign in these private health insurance plans that are living off medicare. those are real...
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the vote ballot itself is very long in florida. perseverance is the key in florida. then we've got problems with the ohio provisional ballots. that is going to be litigated this morning in court. whether or not the secretary of state, who impose edd a second form that voters have to fill out if they're using provisional ballots is legal. this, of course may not affect things today. provisional ballots are not counted until ten days after the election. but if it's close in ohio and ohio is the deciding state, that could delay the results of the election. worry also getting scattered reports of voting machine issues in indiana, virginia, new jersey and new york. there is a sense moem most of these will be worked out. people who went before went to vote, had to go to work. hopefully they'll come back later and vote. we've gotten reports of very busy polling places in virginia, new york and new jersey. issues in new jersey with the electronic voting, the fax or e-mail voting. some people are not able to get the e-mail in or are not getting approved. it takes about an hou
the vote ballot itself is very long in florida. perseverance is the key in florida. then we've got problems with the ohio provisional ballots. that is going to be litigated this morning in court. whether or not the secretary of state, who impose edd a second form that voters have to fill out if they're using provisional ballots is legal. this, of course may not affect things today. provisional ballots are not counted until ten days after the election. but if it's close in ohio and ohio is the...
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and then in florida. there was a sense that this could be an earlier evening than we thought. >> we look at the demographics that have come out from all of the polling last night. pretty much across the board you guys had a very good night on women, independents. you know, younger people. african-americans, latino, asians. it was a pretty big sweeping area of people coming in to vote again for you guys. were you pleased about the level of the turnout? >> oh, absolutely. and the breadth of it. you know, the question that was being raised on the other side was whether the obama coalition had served him so well in 2008 would come out again, and so one of the things we saw very early, and even before the polls closed, when you know, just looking at the turnout, was that we getting strong turnout among the very grurps you were talking about, and it was -- that was encouraging. >> the inevitable inquest into why republicans lost. if you were putting your strategist hat on and looking at their campaign, where do
and then in florida. there was a sense that this could be an earlier evening than we thought. >> we look at the demographics that have come out from all of the polling last night. pretty much across the board you guys had a very good night on women, independents. you know, younger people. african-americans, latino, asians. it was a pretty big sweeping area of people coming in to vote again for you guys. were you pleased about the level of the turnout? >> oh, absolutely. and the...
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. >> reporter: from his home in jacksonville, florida, he's already tracked more than a thousand internet domains with the words sandy or relief. some registered early but most as soon as the forecast predicted this would be a killer storm. sites that pop up like this one registered in north carolina, urging people to donate to help victims in jamaica, linking the would-be donor to a paypal account. >> i couldn't find what was behind it. you can check registered the domaining, and there is this tool that tells you who registered the domaining. let's just look this up here and see what comes back. it's here, a person in north carolina that hasn't registered, but whether or not that's real, who knows. >> reporter: we checked. the charity is not registered with the state of north carolina as the law requires. some sites are even more blatant. personal appeals on crowd sourcing sites, creating a web page just asking for money. on this site called indy go go, there were 32 pages for pleas for cash. we headed -- we left the city and headed south towards family in pennsylvania. we were finally l
. >> reporter: from his home in jacksonville, florida, he's already tracked more than a thousand internet domains with the words sandy or relief. some registered early but most as soon as the forecast predicted this would be a killer storm. sites that pop up like this one registered in north carolina, urging people to donate to help victims in jamaica, linking the would-be donor to a paypal account. >> i couldn't find what was behind it. you can check registered the domaining, and...
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. >> it's florida. we'll be waiting for a long time. soledad? >> don't pick on florida. >>> the governor's concession speech happened around 1:00 in the morning. he was waiting crunching numbers out of ohio, but that was not in his favor. and so he conceded. here's how his concession speech went. >> this election is over but our principles endure. i believe that the principles upon which this nation was founded are the only sure guide to a resurgent economy and to a renewed greatness. like so many of you, paul and i have left everything on the field. we have given our all to this campaign. [ cheers and applause ] >> i so wish -- i so wish that i had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction. but the nation chose another leader, and so ann and i join with you to earnestly pray for them and for this great nation. thank you and god bless america! you guys are the best. thank you so much. >> john avalon is joining our panel. ryan liz is a writer for "the new yorker." marti
. >> it's florida. we'll be waiting for a long time. soledad? >> don't pick on florida. >>> the governor's concession speech happened around 1:00 in the morning. he was waiting crunching numbers out of ohio, but that was not in his favor. and so he conceded. here's how his concession speech went. >> this election is over but our principles endure. i believe that the principles upon which this nation was founded are the only sure guide to a resurgent economy and to a...
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if mitt romney were to take florida, there are another 29 electoral votes for florida but that would not put mitt romney over the top. >> the president is leading in florida but they've stopped counting ballots in miami-dade county. they're going to pick it up in the morning. there was a lot of talk about a combination of states. >> he lost a couple states. you look here. he won these two. traditionally reliably red states. the president won both of those states in 2008. he did not this time. he lost ground but it didn't matter. >> and we're waiting on florida. still waiting on florida. >> by the end of our broadcast, we may have results. thank you so much. soledad? >> thanks. right to our panel and ask them what was done right and what was done very, very wrong. i guess i'm going to start with you. >> which part? >> either one. both sides. start with the dems. >> first and foremost, the right thing, the president was smart to make sure they had a smart ground game four years ago. i mean last election they implemented that ground game after the election because they knew how much mor
if mitt romney were to take florida, there are another 29 electoral votes for florida but that would not put mitt romney over the top. >> the president is leading in florida but they've stopped counting ballots in miami-dade county. they're going to pick it up in the morning. there was a lot of talk about a combination of states. >> he lost a couple states. you look here. he won these two. traditionally reliably red states. the president won both of those states in 2008. he did not...
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. >> president obama speaking today in florida, our special, the man who knows the president better than many, former white house press secretary robert gibbs. welcome. >> how are you? >> i'm good. i'm excited, like most people. i think the excitement comes from nobody seeming to have a clue who is going to win this election. what do you think it will come down to in the end? how do you see the map of tuesday night really evolving based on where things are right now? >> well, look, i know from our campaign's perspective, we feel pretty good about where things are. obviously, what's left now, i'm in wisconsin, we are about 47 1/2 hours from the polls closing, it's all about getting our voters out to the polls all day on tuesday. the president will start his day here with bruce springsteen and hopefully, a big, energetic rally here. look, piers, i feel very good about where we are in the nine battleground states and about what we have to do to finish this race off in a little under two days. >> in terms of the election campaign, i've been surprised, watching the president today, he was abs
. >> president obama speaking today in florida, our special, the man who knows the president better than many, former white house press secretary robert gibbs. welcome. >> how are you? >> i'm good. i'm excited, like most people. i think the excitement comes from nobody seeming to have a clue who is going to win this election. what do you think it will come down to in the end? how do you see the map of tuesday night really evolving based on where things are right now? >>...
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the vote and in florida, it was 50-49. 91%. did they have a case for asking for recounts or should he have done what he did, romney conceded? >> i heard the ohio call was somewhat controversial on another network. >> we did it at 11:18 p.m. eastern. >> look, in 2000 you learned that you should not concede too fast when al gore, you know, was convinced not to concede. and, in this karx i think you learn that you should not contest too fast because in the end, these states did move. you know, the scales were very close at that point, but particularly in ohio and florida. if you looked at the remaining vote, it was democratic leaning and, certainly, it was a better decision not to say i was going to contest before all the votes in. they were still counting, as john berman said, recounting until 2016, but the other ones were pretty solid. >> we looked at that counties that had not yet reported and they were pretty democratic. and that's why we had our projection. >> you can read your article in "national journal" that comes out tom
the vote and in florida, it was 50-49. 91%. did they have a case for asking for recounts or should he have done what he did, romney conceded? >> i heard the ohio call was somewhat controversial on another network. >> we did it at 11:18 p.m. eastern. >> look, in 2000 you learned that you should not concede too fast when al gore, you know, was convinced not to concede. and, in this karx i think you learn that you should not contest too fast because in the end, these states did...
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in some places in florida, the ballots were 12 pages long. another big factor was the decision by some states to cut back the number of early voting days. some state legislatures rammed through voter id laws requiring people to show photo ids, fill out affidavits and other forms. plenty of people had no trouble and there's no indication that any of this tilted the outcome of the election. there's little doubt it's messy, unwieldy different in every state. >> how do you fix this? >> it would be difficult to fix it by having one system. the states have primary authority for conducting elections and some of that pass that authority down to the counties and give them leeway in implementation. and it would be extremely challenging because each state has its own traditions, its own culture. >> there is no one big fix to any of this. after the 2000 florida recount, the federal governmental located some money to try and improve things and created an agency called the election assistance commission. the problem with that body is that it doesn't work v
in some places in florida, the ballots were 12 pages long. another big factor was the decision by some states to cut back the number of early voting days. some state legislatures rammed through voter id laws requiring people to show photo ids, fill out affidavits and other forms. plenty of people had no trouble and there's no indication that any of this tilted the outcome of the election. there's little doubt it's messy, unwieldy different in every state. >> how do you fix this? >>...
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at least in two locations in colorado and florida, you see election officials were reportedly alarmed to see voters showing up in clothing emblazoned with the name mitt, a violation of election laws that prohibit campaigning for a candidate within a certain number of feet from voting booths. the problem? the shirts did not say mitt. they said m.i.t. as in massachusetts institute of technology. one of the top colleges in the country, by the way. mr. romney's name in case it wasn't clear, is spelled with two ts. now, i'm seriously not making this up. but look, i give election workers a lot of credit. they're helping our democracy. it's thankless work. what's more, you really can't blame them for thinking the romney campaign might have misspelled their candidate's name. remember this, the romney campaign's iphone app that allowed you to take a photo with the words "a better america" super imposed over it except they misspelled the word america as amercia. look, i don't want to be a stickler about this but you know, i'm just really particular about spelling. frankly, i think anyone who is
at least in two locations in colorado and florida, you see election officials were reportedly alarmed to see voters showing up in clothing emblazoned with the name mitt, a violation of election laws that prohibit campaigning for a candidate within a certain number of feet from voting booths. the problem? the shirts did not say mitt. they said m.i.t. as in massachusetts institute of technology. one of the top colleges in the country, by the way. mr. romney's name in case it wasn't clear, is...
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has to start in florida. governor romney need these 29. without them, almost impossible to see him getting there. we lean north carolina his way, he has to keep it the obama campaign says that is not his way. he needs to keep it and match it by getting neighboring virginia, one of the states the president changed to blue last time, 13 there if he does that and he can get ohio, no republican has ever won without it governor romney win with those four, florida, keep north carolina, virginia and ohio, look at that, then he would need just any one, pick one off the menu, win colorado, new hamp hampshire, woe win the election. as you know, the president, romney campaign says it has an enthusiasm edge here, the president had an edge most of the polls in ohio. try to create a scenario asking this question, can governor romney get there without ohio? no republican has ever done it in history, wolf. we have to win colorado. we have to win wisconsin. probably have to win iowa, that would get him over the top if he can do those three, so hard to see
has to start in florida. governor romney need these 29. without them, almost impossible to see him getting there. we lean north carolina his way, he has to keep it the obama campaign says that is not his way. he needs to keep it and match it by getting neighboring virginia, one of the states the president changed to blue last time, 13 there if he does that and he can get ohio, no republican has ever won without it governor romney win with those four, florida, keep north carolina, virginia and...
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is that florida again? it didn't matter in the final outcome, but here was florida a dozen years after the infamous butterfly ballot once again too close to call, once again long lines. even the president during his victory speech through a little zinger. >> i want to thank every american who participated in this election. whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time -- by the way, we have to fix that -- >> reporter: in miami-dade county, the state's largest, people were still voting as he took the stage. some precincts didn't wrap up until 1:30 in the morning, six and a half hours after the polls closed. >> it's not that there were any problems or glitches, which is the word that's commonly used. it is not about that. it's about the volume of paper that we're processing. >> reporter: that is true. statewide there weren't any major technical hiccups. the biggest problem was the ballot, the longest in state history. >> it was a combination of a lot of things. and overly lo
is that florida again? it didn't matter in the final outcome, but here was florida a dozen years after the infamous butterfly ballot once again too close to call, once again long lines. even the president during his victory speech through a little zinger. >> i want to thank every american who participated in this election. whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time -- by the way, we have to fix that -- >> reporter: in miami-dade county, the...
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but i've been looking at pascal county, florida. the only place that reports its actual updated voting hour by hour so you can see who has voted as of 3:00. bush lost it by one point to gore. mccain took it three points over obama. right now it looks like it's going for the republicans. i'm hearing this type of thing out of people in florida. you can go to there and track how they're voting hour by hour. >> why isn't that everywhere? >> they have this electronic data available to everybody. >> i do campaigns around the world. brazil, a developing country but we like to think america has more sophisticated systems. their voting system is so much better than ours, it would embarrass you. it's verifiable and easy. it's a predominantly democratic neighborhood and there's a election official -- >> some of the problem is peopl trying to game the system. that's why we're seeing -- that's why it evolves and why every election cycle has a different problem. >> another good argument for smaller government. >> it's an argument for federalizin
but i've been looking at pascal county, florida. the only place that reports its actual updated voting hour by hour so you can see who has voted as of 3:00. bush lost it by one point to gore. mccain took it three points over obama. right now it looks like it's going for the republicans. i'm hearing this type of thing out of people in florida. you can go to there and track how they're voting hour by hour. >> why isn't that everywhere? >> they have this electronic data available to...
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did you want to go to florida? >> i wanted to go to florida. i wanted to go wherever they sent me, but florida is without question a battleground state. it is going to be very, very close. about 150,000 more democrats have early voted than republicans. but this is going to go all the way to the wire, i've been saying that for a year. the nation is evenly divided. i do expect that the president will win here, but especially will hold the line in ohio and iowa and wisconsin, we'll win in nevada and i look for victories in other states as well. >> thank you, we appreciate it. we'll be watching here all day tomorrow. and from -- >> i know you will. >> we will. from provisional ballots to one of the most famous swing counties in the u.s., we're talking battleground ohio. don lemon is there. he'll join me live from cincinnati with a sign that the political landscape there is changing yet again. but first, on the eve of election day, take a look at this, seems investors claimed the waiting game. the dow pretty flat at this hour. hour and a half away f
did you want to go to florida? >> i wanted to go to florida. i wanted to go wherever they sent me, but florida is without question a battleground state. it is going to be very, very close. about 150,000 more democrats have early voted than republicans. but this is going to go all the way to the wire, i've been saying that for a year. the nation is evenly divided. i do expect that the president will win here, but especially will hold the line in ohio and iowa and wisconsin, we'll win in...
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and why he won't be returning to florida. morning starts in high spirits, but there's a growing pain in his lower back. as lines grow longer, his pain continues to linger. but after a long day of helping others, he gets some helpful advice. just two aleve have the strength to keep back pain away all day. today, jason chose aleve. just two pills for all day pain relief. try aleve d for strong, all day long sinus and headache relief. try aleve d for strong, all day long the wheels of progress haven't been very active lately. but because of business people like you, things are beginning to get rolling. and regions is here to help. making it easier with the expertise and service to keep those wheels turning. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. so switch to regions. and let's get going. together. >>> here we go. five days left until the election and the president is back today on the campaign trail. he took off monday, tuesday and wednesday to tend to hurricane sandy, and of course, i
and why he won't be returning to florida. morning starts in high spirits, but there's a growing pain in his lower back. as lines grow longer, his pain continues to linger. but after a long day of helping others, he gets some helpful advice. just two aleve have the strength to keep back pain away all day. today, jason chose aleve. just two pills for all day pain relief. try aleve d for strong, all day long sinus and headache relief. try aleve d for strong, all day long the wheels of progress...
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this is florida, you see a lot of visits here. you break it down by candidate, where is the president, this is the i-4 corridor. where most of the independents are. this is an area i know ari fleischer is interested in. the question is, the democrats will win the southernmost counties. will the jewish vote be less? will the president get less because of the dustup with governor romney and israel in the campaign. you won't see the president out here. this is the most conservative republican part of the state. that's to turn up the republican base. you see them both competing here in the i-4 corridor, where you find independents. vice president and paul ryan, i'll pull out the map as we close the conversation. that's just paul ryan, that's just vice president biden, that's governor romney. and that's president obama. notice the pattern, in the last couple weeks, this is the last two weeks. the last two weeks of this campaign, about nine states have gotten the attention, the rest of you just get to watch. >> thanks very much. we're a
this is florida, you see a lot of visits here. you break it down by candidate, where is the president, this is the i-4 corridor. where most of the independents are. this is an area i know ari fleischer is interested in. the question is, the democrats will win the southernmost counties. will the jewish vote be less? will the president get less because of the dustup with governor romney and israel in the campaign. you won't see the president out here. this is the most conservative republican part...
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but the story right now, john, got to be florida, florida, florida. can you believe what's going on in florida? >> 600 votes. one quick point on the electoral college map. only one take-away so far. only indiana taking away from what barack obama won four years ago. we need to look, that's not enough for governor romney. he has to take away some others. florida, let's pull it up at the moment. you look at the map. the president has actually pulled ahead in this math up here, again by less than 1,000 votes. as you watch it fill in, we're at 81% of the vote. to our viewers at home, sometimes to feed into this wall, it's slower or faster than the feed into that wall but we're in the ballpark. now let's watch and see what's out. when you're inside 1,000 votes, you are looking to see what's out. 95% in in palm beach county. governor romney running a little better than john mccain for years ago but you can expect the president to add a few votes. 57% in broward county, this is significant. remember awhile ago it was less than that. the president running ahe
but the story right now, john, got to be florida, florida, florida. can you believe what's going on in florida? >> 600 votes. one quick point on the electoral college map. only one take-away so far. only indiana taking away from what barack obama won four years ago. we need to look, that's not enough for governor romney. he has to take away some others. florida, let's pull it up at the moment. you look at the map. the president has actually pulled ahead in this math up here, again by less...
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only 45% but a growing slice of the population in those growing suburbs that matter and the state of florida. 17%. some of those cubans are more conservative. if the republican party doesn't deal with that issue it risks a very dramatic change in the party. >> we're getting ready to hear the president of the united states deliver his victory speech. he's opinion reelebeen reelected term. we'll have live coverage. we want to see all of what's going on. the excitement there at obama's campaign headquarters. let's go back to anderson. >> historic moment. you'll want to see that live with your families. let's talk about what john king was just mentioning. extraordinary to think about george w. bush getting 44% of the latino vote. what a difference a couple of years make. >> it wasn't because he spoke broken spanish. it was because he tried. he talked in the correct tone. he tried. i would tell you that mitt romney lost this race in the republican primary. he self-deported from the white house. he did not have to. it's time to start having this conversation. we cannot pretend that some of the thi
only 45% but a growing slice of the population in those growing suburbs that matter and the state of florida. 17%. some of those cubans are more conservative. if the republican party doesn't deal with that issue it risks a very dramatic change in the party. >> we're getting ready to hear the president of the united states deliver his victory speech. he's opinion reelebeen reelected term. we'll have live coverage. we want to see all of what's going on. the excitement there at obama's...
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state of florida. we're on track this year to -- we're on track this year to transfer $1.37. >> does that allow the state to redeploy funds elsewhere? >> that's an interesting question. does that allow them to take it out of the budget and put it elsewhere? >> is it a requirement that the net increase from the revenue of the lottery in florida? >> we're about 6% of the total funding for the florida education budget. so we give as much as we can but we're only 6%. we try to grow that every year. >> interesting. >> vast majority of lotteries are split. there's like four winners. the reason i asked about the range of numbers, most people pick range of one to 30. very few people pick that 30 to 59 range. >> what do i do with that information? >> you're paying two bucks or five bucks. you're not paying because you think you're really going to win the lottery. you're paying for the experience, right? >> no, your paying to try to win, christine. >> you're not going to win, roland. >> somebody is going to win,
state of florida. we're on track this year to -- we're on track this year to transfer $1.37. >> does that allow the state to redeploy funds elsewhere? >> that's an interesting question. does that allow them to take it out of the budget and put it elsewhere? >> is it a requirement that the net increase from the revenue of the lottery in florida? >> we're about 6% of the total funding for the florida education budget. so we give as much as we can but we're only 6%. we try...
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even if he gets ohio, get this, he's got to still win virginia or florida -- and florida, colorado. it's so hard for him to get to 270. without ohio, it's almost impossible. >> cornel, do you see this boiling down to the electoral college versus the popular vote? >> i think it is going to be electoral college. one of the interesting things, i think you'll see a tighter race state by state. on average, we won the battleground states by seven or eight points last time around in 2008. we won't win by those on average, eight or seven points, this time around. you'll see closer races in each of these states but as they line up, the president has leads in all of these states. the structure of this election has been fairly solid with him leading in all these states. i think you will see close state by state races. the electoral college i think will be a decisive victory for the president. >> ari, are you one of these folks who said there's polling, there's polling, but your gut is telling you romney based on t enthusiasm on the ground? >> first, listen to the polling, we might as well canc
even if he gets ohio, get this, he's got to still win virginia or florida -- and florida, colorado. it's so hard for him to get to 270. without ohio, it's almost impossible. >> cornel, do you see this boiling down to the electoral college versus the popular vote? >> i think it is going to be electoral college. one of the interesting things, i think you'll see a tighter race state by state. on average, we won the battleground states by seven or eight points last time around in 2008....
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he said just over 500 votes decide an election in florida in the year 2000. going to be even closer this year. and so that is a theme we've heard from the campaign repeatedly, invoking the memories of the year 2000. that's just how energized or how much emphasis they're putting on each person to make sure they are obliged to not only vote but make their friends vote, too, don. >> oh, yes, indeed. and, jess, you can feel it building, that it is close. the feeling is out there. and you can hear it in voters' voices when they talk to you. let's just get this election over. of course, they want their candidate to win, but they want it to be over. it looks like where you are, the people are enthusiastic about the president and the message. >> reporter: oh, yes. this is a very pro-obama crowd. i spoke to a number of people here who say that they are not only -- they are volunteers who go around two or three days a week, knocking on doors. some of them have flown in from other states, a very few. those who live here say they are inundated day and night with phone ca
he said just over 500 votes decide an election in florida in the year 2000. going to be even closer this year. and so that is a theme we've heard from the campaign repeatedly, invoking the memories of the year 2000. that's just how energized or how much emphasis they're putting on each person to make sure they are obliged to not only vote but make their friends vote, too, don. >> oh, yes, indeed. and, jess, you can feel it building, that it is close. the feeling is out there. and you can...
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no problems like you're seeing in florida. and believe me, the poll watchers here, they were watching your show, wolf and saying if the folks in florida would like to come down here and see how it's done, come on down. let's talk about these provisional ballots. many of the viewers are saying what the heck is a provisional ballot? let's say your address doesn't match the address here at the precinct. let's say you applied for an absentee ballot, but you don't fill it out. you would have to fill out a provisional ballot and they would be set aside until it was determined it was a good vote. in elections past, poll workers pilled out all of this information for the voters. this year, the secretary of state said the individual voters should fill out the information. you know when there's a little tiny change in how you vote anywhere, people get confused. so there's a good chance, some say, that these provisional ballots will not be counted and thrown out and those voter's vote won't count. the other thing, as you know, wolf, thes
no problems like you're seeing in florida. and believe me, the poll watchers here, they were watching your show, wolf and saying if the folks in florida would like to come down here and see how it's done, come on down. let's talk about these provisional ballots. many of the viewers are saying what the heck is a provisional ballot? let's say your address doesn't match the address here at the precinct. let's say you applied for an absentee ballot, but you don't fill it out. you would have to fill...
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florida very big, and also a tight vote. and we are still seeing pictures of long, long line-ups today. we have some lines where there are 400 people. we have reports of people waiting seven to eight hours in line and then turning away because they've changed the voting system there. the -- >> turning away after seven or eight hours? >> turning away at some point in that thing. i think if you are there seven hours, you might as well wait for the last hour. you remember, obviously, you covered it 537 votes decided the presidential election last time. in these three counties in southern florida where about one-third of the voters are. they had 14 days normally will in advanced voting. the republican scrolled legislature reverse thad to eight days, and as a result you are seeing big line-ups. the good news is ohio and florida probably half of the voters have already cast their ballot. >> actually, being in those flood areas and talking to those folks there, do you get a sense that they really want to vote, that they are motivat
florida very big, and also a tight vote. and we are still seeing pictures of long, long line-ups today. we have some lines where there are 400 people. we have reports of people waiting seven to eight hours in line and then turning away because they've changed the voting system there. the -- >> turning away after seven or eight hours? >> turning away at some point in that thing. i think if you are there seven hours, you might as well wait for the last hour. you remember, obviously,...
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florida, you cannot in florida watch television without being inundated with ads. more than 1 million times these ads have run. tallahassee, no commercial break free of lots of ads. and now let's go up here to ohio. this has been a really important battleground. you keep hearing no one's photog get to the white house without getting to ohio all roads to 1600 pennsylvania avenue lead to ohio. what romney's ad saturation looks like in the state. obama's. people in ohio have been hearing nothing but election for the past year. brooke? >> overit, over it over it. christine romans thank you very inch. thousands of people suffering from the impact of superstorm sandy. look at these pictures. very much so in harm's way again. next deborah feyerick shows us how the weather worry could impact voter turnout. [ woman ] are you there yet? yeah, i'm walking in right now. chilean granite... chilean granite... so, how's it in person? i should send you a picture. floor to ceiling bookshelves... floor to ceiling bookshelves... original windows... original windows... and this... is
florida, you cannot in florida watch television without being inundated with ads. more than 1 million times these ads have run. tallahassee, no commercial break free of lots of ads. and now let's go up here to ohio. this has been a really important battleground. you keep hearing no one's photog get to the white house without getting to ohio all roads to 1600 pennsylvania avenue lead to ohio. what romney's ad saturation looks like in the state. obama's. people in ohio have been hearing nothing...
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like nevada, like colorado, like florida. so i think they should be very worried when it comes to these battleground states, and even in ohio, where you have 166,000 registered latino voters going out to the polls, and an election this tight, they could absolutely be the deciding factor. i think it's going to be the october surprise of this election. >> i thought we already had one of those. >> early november. >> let me ask you, because we were asking our viewers before the break, if you could run the campaign in the last three days, what would you do if you have the reins of the campaign. if you were in charge of the romney campaign, anna, what would you do at this point? >> i think exactly what they are doing. they're having big rallies. showing a great deal of republican unity. they're showing a great deal of momentum. they've got over a hundred of the top republican surrogates out there fanning around the country, going to the swing states. so you've got to get your base out at this point. pretty mu there are very few und
like nevada, like colorado, like florida. so i think they should be very worried when it comes to these battleground states, and even in ohio, where you have 166,000 registered latino voters going out to the polls, and an election this tight, they could absolutely be the deciding factor. i think it's going to be the october surprise of this election. >> i thought we already had one of those. >> early november. >> let me ask you, because we were asking our viewers before the...
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, he had a big crowd down in florida. he's getting lots of enthusiastic support. i know in my own state of maryland we have a long lines of people who are at the polls, waiting to vote. so, there's no doubt the president's going to get out of the vote and again, persuade those last-minute voters. the fact that you have the romney campaign running these ads and the auto industry so deceptive that the folks at gm and chrysler had to call them on it, it's a sign of their desperation. >> in 2010 you lived through this. democrats lost 63 seats in the house, the most for either party since 1938 because there was a surge of older, conservative voters all across the country for the republican party. how concerned are you that the models the pollsters are using is not going to predict the actual electorate that we're going to see tomorrow on election day? >> well i think you're already seeing, ron, big additional turnouts. the turnout is bigger and the mix of voters is very different than 2010. and you have a couple other major di
, he had a big crowd down in florida. he's getting lots of enthusiastic support. i know in my own state of maryland we have a long lines of people who are at the polls, waiting to vote. so, there's no doubt the president's going to get out of the vote and again, persuade those last-minute voters. the fact that you have the romney campaign running these ads and the auto industry so deceptive that the folks at gm and chrysler had to call them on it, it's a sign of their desperation. >> in...
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it's a tight race in florida as well. a poll shows obama leading by just two points, but a mason dixon poll gives romney the edge. 51% of likely voters say they'll vote for the republican candidate, while 45% say they'll vote for obama. so another state that could be a make or break state for both campaigns, we're talking about colorado now, which is home to nine electoral votes. in 2008, obama won that state. but in the past, it has favored republicans. kyung lah joins us from englewood, colorado, where mitt romney will be holding a rally later on today. nearly 1.5 million people have already voted in colorado there by mail-in, early voting, et cetera. what is the impact that is expected? >> well, what we're expecting is that we're going to know colorado very quickly, if it is overwhelmingly one way or the other. that's according to the secretary of state. this complicates things for those trying to get registered independents on their side, specifically mitt romney. if you look at the numbers, 85% of all registered vote
it's a tight race in florida as well. a poll shows obama leading by just two points, but a mason dixon poll gives romney the edge. 51% of likely voters say they'll vote for the republican candidate, while 45% say they'll vote for obama. so another state that could be a make or break state for both campaigns, we're talking about colorado now, which is home to nine electoral votes. in 2008, obama won that state. but in the past, it has favored republicans. kyung lah joins us from englewood,...
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always something in florida. >>> from florida to ohio. ohio was just one key to president obama's victory. let's take a moment to listen to his acceptance speech from early this morning. >> democracy in a nation of 300 million can be noisy and messy and complicated. we have our own opinions. each of us has deeply held beliefs. and when we go through tough times, when we make big decisions as a country, it necessarily stirs passions, stirs up controversy. that won't change after tonight. and it shouldn't. these arguments we have are a mark of our liberty. and we can never forget that as we speak, people in distant nations are risksing their lives right now just for a chance to argue. about the issues that matter. the chance to cast their ballots like we did today. despite all the frustrations of washington, i've never been more hopeful about our future. i have never been more hopeful about america. and i ask you to sustain that hope. i'm not talking about blind optimism. the kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or
always something in florida. >>> from florida to ohio. ohio was just one key to president obama's victory. let's take a moment to listen to his acceptance speech from early this morning. >> democracy in a nation of 300 million can be noisy and messy and complicated. we have our own opinions. each of us has deeply held beliefs. and when we go through tough times, when we make big decisions as a country, it necessarily stirs passions, stirs up controversy. that won't change after...
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in the romney campaign, they think they're going to win florida. the democrats say, no, we'll prove you wrong here, let's in this hypothetical give governor romney florida. colorado, won of the most hotly contested battlegrounds, talked to obama campaign people, they say we'll get it, the wopublicans say, oh, no, you the map is filled in except for ohio, where you are, 18 electoral votes, tossup, virginia, 13 electoral votes, and tossup, new hampshire, four electoral votes. could come down to four in new hampshire. if you look at this math, if you look at this math, the president can win either one of these and he's the next president of the united states. that's ohio and virginia. governor romney would have to win them both. erin, even as we wait for ohio, which has been right in every election since 1964, as you noted, no republican has ever won without it, we're going to have an early clue, you noted the early poll closing in the state of virginia, these 13 electoral votes, in almost every .re going start to omneyo get results in virginia. that'
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no early voting in florida. and i think voting tomorrow in florida might be a lot easier than early voting because the ballots are going to be preprinted as opposed to being printed on demand, which is what happened in early voting. >> one thing about romney in pittsburgh. i was told by somebody in the romney campaign that actually romney does better with democrats in pittsburgh than anywhere else in the country. and they don't early vote. so they're trying to get them out on election day, which is a gambit. it's late. >> and it testifies to the fact that romney has actually, again, only in the last month, made himself an attractive candidate, like the idea that he could be winning blue-collar -- >> that he could run to pennsylvania and come up short -- >> both are true. but we were talking about the divided country, the kind of election we've had, which all of us would say has not risen to the highest heights. what does this say, no matter who wins because we're not going to predict who's going to win. but what
no early voting in florida. and i think voting tomorrow in florida might be a lot easier than early voting because the ballots are going to be preprinted as opposed to being printed on demand, which is what happened in early voting. >> one thing about romney in pittsburgh. i was told by somebody in the romney campaign that actually romney does better with democrats in pittsburgh than anywhere else in the country. and they don't early vote. so they're trying to get them out on election...
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i got phone calls asking me to look at this case and what it is really about, yet again, is florida's stand your ground law. >> i don't know if it is fair to compare them. but there was no gun that the shooter says he felt threatened. was this enough to use deadly force according to the law? >> it very well could be. i mean, he very well could make the case for stand your ground because, again, in florida, and in other states that have the stand your ground doctrine, if you feel threatened, you are justified in using deadly force if you think you can lose your life or sort of suffer bodily harm, serious bodily harm. you look at the fact pattern, he says he was threatened, he heard threats and he thought -- he believed he saw a gun. >> but eight shots. >> eight shots. and he also left the scene. let's remember that. he also left the scene, went back to his hotel room and didn't do anything until the very next day when he saw this on television. and so, again, we're talking about a case that does, in my view, sort of harken back to trayvon martin because you also have two 17-year-old af
i got phone calls asking me to look at this case and what it is really about, yet again, is florida's stand your ground law. >> i don't know if it is fair to compare them. but there was no gun that the shooter says he felt threatened. was this enough to use deadly force according to the law? >> it very well could be. i mean, he very well could make the case for stand your ground because, again, in florida, and in other states that have the stand your ground doctrine, if you feel...
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look, in florida he did better with hispanics than marco rubio, the cuban-american senator from florida. he won more hispanics when he was -- >> he's fluent in spanish too. >> his wife is from mexico. and obviously the big story we focus on these days is how poorly they've done with hispanics in the last couple elections. he's someone to watch. the other thing that's going to shape 2016 obviously it's very early, the 2014 midterms will shape the field. the presidential election is always shaped by the previous election before it. >> i don't know about you, but i could see a clinton-bush contest in 2016. >> it could happen. just by name id alone if you probably polled democrats and republicans, i imagine hillary and jeb would be the favorites because of the power of their last names. >> i could see that happening. james carville told "rolling stone" magazine, "there's a reason that jeb bush or chris chris tee or mitch daniels didn't run. they just couldn't do it. they knew what they had to do, and deep down inside they didn't have it in them." in other words, he says they're skeptical ab
look, in florida he did better with hispanics than marco rubio, the cuban-american senator from florida. he won more hispanics when he was -- >> he's fluent in spanish too. >> his wife is from mexico. and obviously the big story we focus on these days is how poorly they've done with hispanics in the last couple elections. he's someone to watch. the other thing that's going to shape 2016 obviously it's very early, the 2014 midterms will shape the field. the presidential election is...
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he's going to take ohio and florida won't even be a question. maybe that's why he was so relaxed. >> do comedians look at things like a presidential election in regards of where they stand ideologically, boy if so-and-so is elected this will be much better for me? because this person is funny? would romney have been a better candidate funnywise? >> yeah. barack obama is so cool and calm and reserved. you know, he's not going to have that crazy moment. i was of two minds. i voted for barack obama, but my comic funny bone was like, mitt romney, that's like two hbo specials. >> you have biden. >> biden is always -- >> not just biden but seriously hinting he may run in 2016. what kind of a boone is that for you? >> let's hope not. >> i thought it was hilary. i thought hillary was going to run. >> chris christie, snl's clip of chris christie. i thought that was hysterical. then we'll talk about it on the other side. >> i would like to give a sincere thanks to president obama for how he handled the situation. on election day, i'm voting for mitt romne
he's going to take ohio and florida won't even be a question. maybe that's why he was so relaxed. >> do comedians look at things like a presidential election in regards of where they stand ideologically, boy if so-and-so is elected this will be much better for me? because this person is funny? would romney have been a better candidate funnywise? >> yeah. barack obama is so cool and calm and reserved. you know, he's not going to have that crazy moment. i was of two minds. i voted for...
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if you look at florida, where housing is a very big deal in florida. in florida it's been kind of a pretty stubborn unemployment rate. i think it's still stuck near where it was before. 8.7% today. that's exactly where it was when the president took office. it's come down from the peaks, but still basically where the president took office. and then in virginia you've got an unemployment rate that is also essentially gone up and come back down and it's essentially flat in virginia, too. it also depends on if there's a republican governor, as well. >> that's one of the very interesting things about the political dynamic. each of these states has a republican governor who is a key surrogate for mitt romney. that governor is unwilling to make the economic argument that times are awful because they're in office right now. so it's -- >> you can't say doom and gloom if you're trying to run for re-election later. let me ask you sheila about what you have said with both candidates. you've said you're disappointed with both. >> i don't think either one of them h
if you look at florida, where housing is a very big deal in florida. in florida it's been kind of a pretty stubborn unemployment rate. i think it's still stuck near where it was before. 8.7% today. that's exactly where it was when the president took office. it's come down from the peaks, but still basically where the president took office. and then in virginia you've got an unemployment rate that is also essentially gone up and come back down and it's essentially flat in virginia, too. it also...
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i want to bring in former democratic congressman from florida, robert wexler. he currently is president of the s. daniel abraham center for middle east peace. congressman, good morning to you here. >> good morning. >> let's be realistic. in your opinion what are the chances any time soon of a cease-fire? >> well, i think we have to keep in context why we're in this quagmire, which is the unprovoked, continuous fire by hamas of rockets into israel. there's a short-term goal and a long-term goal, it seems to me. the short-term goal is to create a sustained cease-fire. but in order to do so you have to, in effect, create a victory speech for both hamas and israel. for israel it seems to me the victory speech would sound something like, we've created greater deterrence. we exacted an enormous price from hamas. we killed the military chief of hamas. we also showed that the iron dome anti-rocket system works quite well. for hamas it would seem to me the victory speech would probably be something like, hamas has shown the world that its military capacity is now greate
i want to bring in former democratic congressman from florida, robert wexler. he currently is president of the s. daniel abraham center for middle east peace. congressman, good morning to you here. >> good morning. >> let's be realistic. in your opinion what are the chances any time soon of a cease-fire? >> well, i think we have to keep in context why we're in this quagmire, which is the unprovoked, continuous fire by hamas of rockets into israel. there's a short-term goal and...
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and three states, california, nevada and florida, have already made self-driving vehicles legal as long as the human's sitting in the driver's seat in case of a emergency. that's a good idea. meanwhile, these cars could lose worker productivity. the average commuter spends 250 hours a year behind the wheel. or they could come in handy after you've had a couple cocktails. self-driving trucks could transform the trucking industry. picture long lines of self-driving 18-wheelers traveling down the highway just a few inches apart, no drivers, no stops for gas or food, it could boost fuel efficiency as much as 20%. we're going to need to keep driving ourselves though for a while longer. experts say the driverless cars should be more common in another ten to 15 years when the costs come down. here's the question, how would you feel about riding in a car that drives itself? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on my blog. or go to our post on the "the situation room" facebook page. i don't know if i'd trust a car to drive itself. >> me either. i wouldn't feel good about it at all, jack. n
and three states, california, nevada and florida, have already made self-driving vehicles legal as long as the human's sitting in the driver's seat in case of a emergency. that's a good idea. meanwhile, these cars could lose worker productivity. the average commuter spends 250 hours a year behind the wheel. or they could come in handy after you've had a couple cocktails. self-driving trucks could transform the trucking industry. picture long lines of self-driving 18-wheelers traveling down the...
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west trying to keep his seat representing florida's 18th congressional district. unofficial numbers posted sunday evening on the florida sect's website give murphy 166,267 votes to 164,353 for west. >>> 2016 a long way away. but florida senator marco rubio sure looks like a presidential candidate during a visit to iowa. rubio appeared saturday night at a big fund-raiser for iowa governor terry branstad. in his speech, rubio discussed the future of the republican party, addressed a host of issues, including tax reform, the national debt, energy and immigration policy. >> when we hit this time of year you say if you don't have it don't buy it. >> if you don't have the money, don't buy it. if you haven't invested in your kid's college, why are you buying a door bust e? >> flak friday almost here end of the week, biggest shopping day of the year. but if some walmart workers have their way it's going to be one of the messiest, too. we're going to tell you why. hey, look! a shooting star! make a wish! i wish we could lie here forever. i wish this test drive was over, so
west trying to keep his seat representing florida's 18th congressional district. unofficial numbers posted sunday evening on the florida sect's website give murphy 166,267 votes to 164,353 for west. >>> 2016 a long way away. but florida senator marco rubio sure looks like a presidential candidate during a visit to iowa. rubio appeared saturday night at a big fund-raiser for iowa governor terry branstad. in his speech, rubio discussed the future of the republican party, addressed a host...
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look at florida and the trend of the jobless rate in florida. it's exactly where it was when the president took office. still higher than the national average. it has been coming down. housing is still a major issue here. in virginia, 13 electoral votes, jobless rate is low now. a 5.9% in virginia. but, it's still higher than when the president took office. essentially flat in virginia. it's going to be interesting because superstorm sandy could have an effect. power outages there. we don't know what tuesday is going to look like. that was a state affected by sandy. all of those really interesting trends, different trends for unemployment. >> what is the cut-off date for the numbers? the end of the month? >> it was two weeks in the middle of the month. you are not going to have sandy impacts in these numbers for the october jobless reports. they are not in the numbers. >> interesting. thank you so much. the jobs report is likely to impact voters in the state of ohio. we are going hone in there. our chief business correspondent is going to join u
look at florida and the trend of the jobless rate in florida. it's exactly where it was when the president took office. still higher than the national average. it has been coming down. housing is still a major issue here. in virginia, 13 electoral votes, jobless rate is low now. a 5.9% in virginia. but, it's still higher than when the president took office. essentially flat in virginia. it's going to be interesting because superstorm sandy could have an effect. power outages there. we don't...
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. >>> the attorney for a florida man who shot at an suv with four african-american teens inside says, quote, there are no compare sisons to the trayvon martin situation, end quote. she also says her client is not a vigilante. davis' mother said she absolutely lost it when she was told her son was dead. >> there's no logical reason. there's nothing logical that you can say that would make me believe that you were threatened. he has to live with that for the rest of his life. and that's going to be his torment. that's his hell. >> 45-year-old michael dunn pleaded not guilty to a murder charge. he says he was threatened and that the teens flashed a shotgun. investigators say no guns were found inside that suv. >>> while you were sleeping, lindsay lohan was arrested again. new york police department took her in after some kind of fight around 4:00 am at a club here in the city, charged with misdemeanor assault with reports saying she reportedly hit a woman. she was arrested in september in new york for hitting someone with a car and not stopping. she did not face charges for that. >>> a d
. >>> the attorney for a florida man who shot at an suv with four african-american teens inside says, quote, there are no compare sisons to the trayvon martin situation, end quote. she also says her client is not a vigilante. davis' mother said she absolutely lost it when she was told her son was dead. >> there's no logical reason. there's nothing logical that you can say that would make me believe that you were threatened. he has to live with that for the rest of his life. and...
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we still do not know florida's . the county's canvassing board says it's going to meet today at 3:00 this afternoon. provisional ballots, they're going to be done tomorrow. we are told. there's still three other counties that are still counting the absentee and provisional votes. that is palm beach as well as duvall and broward counties, and, of course, florida 29 electoral votes. none of this will make a difference. the president still won t elecon,e details coming out of florida as they begino wrap up the vote count. >>> two huge storms in just ten days. thalrealy forusands of people in the middle east. there's a nor'easter that is hammering areathat arestill recovering fom the storm. the superstorm sandy. it has buried parts of connecticut, emergency new jersey, new york under heavy, heavy snow. thousands of people who just got the power back on once again now without power. in bone-chilling temperatures. debra is talking folk in ookl ght acrosshe water om breezpo queen deb,h tth adrenaline right now. their patic
we still do not know florida's . the county's canvassing board says it's going to meet today at 3:00 this afternoon. provisional ballots, they're going to be done tomorrow. we are told. there's still three other counties that are still counting the absentee and provisional votes. that is palm beach as well as duvall and broward counties, and, of course, florida 29 electoral votes. none of this will make a difference. the president still won t elecon,e details coming out of florida as they...
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what would the united states do if cuba were launching missiles into florida, you would happened too many times in our past, the question is proportionalty. we understand your right to respond, as wrou respond plea u please don't let the situation spiral more out of control. there's the urgent short-term challenge which is why the president is reaching out to egypt, israel, turkey. and longer term challenges the president starts now moves into a second term, there will be more and more pressure for him to get actively involved in trying to turn down the temperature, try to recreate some sort of a peace process in the middle east at a time when he wants to move onto a second term, he'd like to turn his view of the world away from the middle east to asia and elsewhere and needs a new secretary of state. >> he needs a new secretary of state and since george mitchell left as his special envoy for the israeli/palestinian peace process, they've basically thrown their hands up in the air saying there's not much they can do. >> there's really no process. let's be honest. they have to have a
what would the united states do if cuba were launching missiles into florida, you would happened too many times in our past, the question is proportionalty. we understand your right to respond, as wrou respond plea u please don't let the situation spiral more out of control. there's the urgent short-term challenge which is why the president is reaching out to egypt, israel, turkey. and longer term challenges the president starts now moves into a second term, there will be more and more pressure...
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. >>> the florida congressional race between controversial republican allen west and democrat patrick murphy may finally be over. a recount showed murphy holding his slim lead of less than 2,000 votes. now it's just up to the state election board to certify the results. allen has refused to concede. of this hunk of metal may not look like much but it's the soyuz capsule. >>> executives from hostess go to court today as they try to get a judge's blessing to liquidate the company. they announced plans to shut it down late last week citing a continuing strike by the bakers union. already there are reports the makers of babst blue ribbon beer and tsay cakes could step in and buy the iconic hostess brands that include twinkies and wonder bread. anne's tablet called my phone. anne's tablet was chatting with a tablet in sydney... a desktop in zurich... and a telepresence room in brazil. the secure cloud helped us get some numbers from my assistant's pc in new york. and before i reached the top, the board meeting became a congrats we sold the company party. wait til my wife's phone hears abou
. >>> the florida congressional race between controversial republican allen west and democrat patrick murphy may finally be over. a recount showed murphy holding his slim lead of less than 2,000 votes. now it's just up to the state election board to certify the results. allen has refused to concede. of this hunk of metal may not look like much but it's the soyuz capsule. >>> executives from hostess go to court today as they try to get a judge's blessing to liquidate the...